anh06005 MSN, APRN, NP

Cardiac, Home Health, Primary Care

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    New to Home Health

    anh06005 replied to costarica786's topic in Home Health

    Is this intermittent care? Or more private duty? If it's intermittent the RN's are the ones to do Medicare paperwork as LPN's cannot. So RN's must do the initial evaluation, recertifications, post...
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    Specialties for New Grads

    anh06005 replied to lisianthus93's topic in General Students

    If there is an area you really enjoy I think anyone (even new grads) should just go for it. When you really think about it nurses are trained as generalists. If you work a specialty yes you may forget...
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    How to get clinical/skills experience withouth working

    anh06005 replied to jchene's topic in General Students

    As others have said try skills lab and make yourself available in clinicals. I mostly came to say FYI: you may not get to do everything in your clinicals but don't worry. I have been a nurse 4.5...
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    Senioritis as a Sophomore

    anh06005 replied to Sydney12's topic in General Students

    My grades never improved based on study habits either. Nursing exams ARE NOT normal exams. You may have 4 right answers....but which is MOST right? I was valedictorian with a full ride scholarship...
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    When does it get better?

    anh06005 replied to RNBuggers's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like the unit I started on--a cardiac stepdown that (besides CCU) was the only floor to take cardiac drips, insulin drips, etc. We were 5:1 on nights and 4:1 on days. Anyway one thing I found...
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    First clinical in a nursing home this week...help!

    anh06005 replied to sweet402red's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I've been out of school a while but when we went to the nursing home we focused a lot of basic nursing skills like ADL's and such..... Not much help but answering should bump your post back up the...
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    Small local hospital vs. larger/farther away hospital

    anh06005 replied to siobhansutton's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Any specific area you want to work? When you say a small community hospital how small are we talking? Despite how small it is med surg is med surg. Whether it's a large hospital or a small one you...
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    HELP! Introvert nurse looking into PACU

    anh06005 replied to RNVIXEN's topic in PACU

    I'm an introvert as well and I do home health now and actually really enjoy it! I do intermittent home health care so it's often just me and the patient (maybe their spouse) discussing their meds and...
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    I want to quit 4 months in

    anh06005 replied to Nonetheless's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To those criticizing the OP about her saying she'd rather work 7p-7a versus 11p-7a I must say I AGREE with her. Heck I work normal daytime hours but I'd rather work 3 12's than 5 8's any day. When I...
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    How has things changed for you as an APRN?

    anh06005 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm 50 days away from graduation (then on to take my FNP cert exam) but I'm really looking forward to my NP role. What I think I'm going to enjoy (and have enjoyed so far) is more autonomy, using my...
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    AANP exam Studying

    anh06005 replied to Juggernautmeg's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm in the same boat but am able to invest in study materials! I just wish I had known more about ANCC vs AANP before because a couple of years ago I went ahead and bought the ANCC official study book...
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    Pros and cons of the shift

    anh06005 replied to marvelmom's topic in General Nursing

    Weekend option!! 7a-7p Pros: Have a normal life, free during business hours, get same pay for less actual hours worked Cons: When family does stuff on the weekend. We aren't a hugely on the go family,...
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    I want to quit 4 months in

    anh06005 replied to Nonetheless's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not a night shift person either but I'd hate to leave a job I enjoy (until a day shift position opens). I know it's a little tacky but aluminum foil on your window makes it completely dark....
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    no more alarms for fall risks!

    anh06005 replied to Missingyou's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Sounds scary to me!!! Seems like when they're in bed they should AT LEAST have some sort of "silent alarm" that notifies the nurse's station! Wonder when the last time the people who made this...
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    Labor and Delivery New Grad?

    anh06005 replied to AnaLong's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you like L&D go for it. No other position will allow you to get the experience you get there. I would occasionally get pulled there (and get easy post partum moms) and I felt like I knew...
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    Saw an angry clinical instructor...

    anh06005 replied to Bortaz's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since others have seen her also perhaps they could write out some statements? That way you can make sure the school realizes it's not just you who has noticed and possibly taken it the wrong
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    Scared to start nursing school

    anh06005 replied to dannygurl84's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't think any of my instructors really agreed on APA format. Do it one way, instructor says I did this wrong. Do it their way next time, next instructor says I did it wrong. HATE
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    Scared to start nursing school

    anh06005 replied to dannygurl84's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school is like nothing else. It does suck. And sucks HARD sometimes when you have 2 tests, a care plan, another paper, skills lab, and clinical all in a span of a few days. Thing is it's...
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    Just graduated w/BSN, back to school

    anh06005 replied to learningnsgstudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I went straight through. Graduated May 2010 with BSN and started MSN fall 2010. I'm finally about to graduate. Do whatever you want to do and don't worry about it being too soon. Your main thing is...
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    Should I quit?

    anh06005 replied to Lena M's topic in General Students

    My issue with nursing school was they expect you to know everything for the test which does get you to studying so that's good. The reality of nursing, though, is every med room has a drug guide and...
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    Should I quit?

    anh06005 replied to Lena M's topic in General Students

    If I had to guess how much I knew about meds before I started working as a RN with ONLY my knowledge from school I'd say it was about 10% of what I know now. I know SO much more after practicing for a...
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    I'm just as good as you...

    anh06005 replied to rnrg's topic in Private Duty

    I'm not private duty (I'm intermittent home care) and we get the same. Many think we just come and check their BP. Had a patient taking too much budex with kidney issues. Uh oh. Called him later after...
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    Online FNP Lectures

    anh06005 replied to jeremiah10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Also lots of doctors and such on YouTube who post lectures. That's how I get extra practice with a
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    New Nurse - No Job!

    anh06005 replied to MissRN_Dior's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Sometimes getting a job is a matter of who you know and pure luck so don't be hard on yourself! I have seen plenty of people get promotions and moved to different positions not because they were most...
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    awful pt assignment or the norm?

    anh06005 replied to maybug's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Completely understand!! If it got to be constant and your pleas go unheard I'd wind up leaving too. That's how it was when they increased the ratio on our cardiac step down unit on dayshift from 1:4...